Match box



July 13 1926.

R. l. MOREHOUSE MATCH BOX Filed Jan. 15, 1-926 2 Sheets-Sheet 19 J.More/nouaa.

July 13,1926. 1,592,381

R. l. MOREHQUSE MATCH BOX Filed Jan. 13, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PatentedJuly 13, 1926.

I UNITED STAT EA OFFI E 4 RAY IRA MOREHOUSE, or wns'r Arms, wrscousm.

Maren Box.

Application filed January The invention relates to match containersinwhich matches are marketed, and has for its primary object to provideabox, which maybe stood on end, or suspended from a wall, having aportion adapted to be extended to, form a' trough, or receptacle,

standing out from the front of the box, into which the matches areautomatically fed from the box-which constitutes ,a magazine and fromwhich vthe matches may be conveniently removed as required.

A further object of the invention is to r While the drawings illustratea" preferred embodiment of the invention ,it'is to be junderstood thatin adapting the meansto meet specific needs and requirements in thedesign maybe var ed,and such other changes in the minor details of theconstruction maybe resorted to within the scope of the invention,as-claimed, without departing from the spirit thereof. H g

Fora full understanding of the invention aiid the merits thereof,reference isto be had to the following description and the drawingshereto attached in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of amatch box, embodying the invention,and showing the trough, or receptacle folded and secured,

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the trougln'orreceptacle extended and the securing flap held up out of the way, i

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is; a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 44 ofFigure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 4,looking in the direction of the arrows, v

Figure 6 is a sectional detail on the line 66 of Figure 1, looking inthe direction of the arrows,

Figure 7 is .a horizontal section on the line 77 of Figure 2,

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view of 13, 1936. Serial am,

'anend portion of the box, theplies comprising the near-side being open,and" Figure 9 is a detail perspective View of a corner portion of thebox containing the.

trough, an end portion of the outer ply being turned outward to exposethe extension of the bellows flaps which is secured between the outerand inner plies comprising theside's 1 Corresponding and like parts arereferred to in the following description and designated in the severalviews of' the drawings l by like reference characters.v i V The numeral1 designates the bodyof the box which maybe of any usual, or pre-'rerred construction in which matches are usually marketed. The back, orbottomof the box 1 is provided near 'oneen'd with a key-hole slot 2 toreceive the headof a tack,

or like 'fasteningdri'ven' into a'wall, or other support to admit 'ofthebox being suspended when in service; A label 3 may lie-applied i to thebottom'of the box to normally close the slot 2 and this label, or part,is removed or broken through when it is desiredto suspend the box from anail, or analogous element." 7'

The front, or top of the box comprises a fixed section 4 and a movablesection 5mA flap 6c0nstitutes an extension of the fixed section 4: andterminates in a tab -7 which is disposed crosswise of a narrowneckvportion 8 connecting the tab with the flap. Parallel slits 9 areformed in the movable section 5 and receive the 'ends'of the tab 7ction4 to receive the ends of the tab 7 and hold the-flap'fiout of theway, as indicated most clearly in Figures 2 and 4. The flap 6 normallyextends over the section 5 and when the tab 7 is engaged with thesection 5 by passing through the slits 9 thereof said section is held inclosed position.

An end portion of the box is constructed to provide a trough,or'receptacle, as shown most clearly in Figures 2 and 4, and the section5 of the top constitutes the front of said receptacle, on trough, andbellows flaps 11 connect the ends of the front, or section 5 with thesides of theboxand serve to close the ends of the receptacle as well aslimit the outward movement of the part 5. Flaps 12 forming extensions ofthe sides of the box'l normally overlap each other,

as shown most clearly in Figure 3, and when the section 5 is extendedthe flaps 12 are adjusted to engage the inner side of the bellows flaps11 and the section 5 and their upper edge portions are folded over theupper edge of the parts 5 and 11, as shown most clearly in Figure 2 at13, thereby hold ing the flaps 12 in place and reinforcing andstrengthening the parts 11 and 5 and bracingthe trough, or receptacle.The side flaps 12 project, or are of greater width than the parts 11 and5, sons to fold over the upper edge portions thereof. The upper edgeportions of the flaps 12 are notched, as indicated at 14, and thesenotches are ositioned to agree with the outer corners or the trough, orreceptacle to admit of the projecting edge portions of the flaps 12folding over the upper edge portions of the parts 11 and 5, p V

The top or front, and the back, or bottom of the box are of a singlethickness, whereas the endsand sides are of a double thickness The sidesof the box comprise an outer ply 14 and an inner ply 15. Flaps ISat oneend of the plies 14 underlap the end 17, and flaps 18 at the oppositeend of the plies 15 overlap the end 19. The bellows flaps 11 formlateral extensions of the part 5 and are extended to come between theplies 14c and 15, The flaps 12 form extensions of the plies 15 andnormally lie against the inner side of the part 5 with the flaps 11betweenthe )arts 12 and 5, as shown most clearly in Figure 3. Theseveral partspreferably consist of elements of a single blank. I

The box containing the matches appears, as shown in Figure 1 whenprepared for the market andwhen adjusted for use it appearssubstantially as shown in Figures 2 and 4, the flap 6 being turned up,out of theway and the section 5 and bellows flaps 11 being extended andmade secure by the flaps 12 in the manner herein stated.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A match box, having its top formed of a fixed and a movable section,the latter being adapted to be moved outward to form a trough, orreceptacle, and a flap forming a part of the fixed section and adaptedto extend over the movable section and engaged therewith to secure thesame in folded position, and adapted to be turned against said fixedsection and engaged therewith to be held out of the way.

2. match box, having its top formed of a fixed and a movable section,each being provided with a pair of slits, a flap forming part of thefixed section provided with a tab adapted to engage the slits of thesaid sections, either to secure the movable section, or to be retainedout of the way when the movable section is extended.

3. A match box having a portion of its front movable, bellows flapsconnecting opposite ends of the movable portion with the sides of thebox, and side flaps adapted to be extended to hold the movable part andbellows flaps extended to provide a trough, or receptacle.

i. A matchbox having an end section of its top movable,bellows' flapsconnecting opposite ends of the movable section witlithe sides of thebox and side fla s adapted to be adjusted to lie against the inner sideof the bellows flaps and said movable end section and having upper edgeportions folded over the upper edgeportion of said bellows flaps and themovable end section.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

RAY IRA MOREHOUSE. ['L. s]

